tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post197741328857126115..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: Two million people...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-41044482562326202102011-08-30T09:05:22.998+01:002011-08-30T09:05:22.998+01:00Joanna..thank you very much for writting this mara...Joanna..thank you very much for writting this maravellous article¡¡<br />I WENT TO ROME-2000,..and I know what you mean perfectly¡¡ <br /><br />And thanks to Arantza for telling about this blog. From north-Spain, MaríaMarianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-63462070721002706692011-08-24T01:36:54.171+01:002011-08-24T01:36:54.171+01:00your post brings it all back to me. My first WYD w...your post brings it all back to me. My first WYD was 22years ago, Santiago'89 , followed by 3 more: Poland, Denver and Paris'97 (where I was pregnant with our first child).<br />I remember being covered in the red dust of mount Gozo(?) in Santiago, which had especially been cleared of grass and shrubs, and coming down the hill to wash (fully clothed!) in the cattle stalls in the market place. The memory of the camaraderie and a priest offering me the use of a bar of soap as he scrubbed up beside me. <br />In 2000 I was with the youth who accompanied JP11 to the holy land (pregnant with the second child this time). The memory of the holy sights mentioned in the scriptures come alive again at each re reading. It is wonderful to have been there. To have walked the same land, sailed on the same lake, gathered at the same house in Capernaum, to have looked out onto a calm sea from the mount of the Beatitudes. I could go on, but what strikes me is that the spirit is the same, everyone coming together to hear a word of hope for their lives from the guarantor of the truth. These meetings with Peter had a huge impact on my life and I hope to see my own children invigorated by them.<br />Patricia.Patricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-20626179982161983522011-08-23T17:38:50.212+01:002011-08-23T17:38:50.212+01:00Dear Joanna, muchas gracias, thank you,for these e...Dear Joanna, muchas gracias, thank you,for these enjoyable articles! This sea of people of biblical proportions, these joy, the heat and the storm, and the Pope with us all, incredible!Arantzahttp://www.homeschoolingcatolicohispano.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-88119999469155191472011-08-23T17:00:35.791+01:002011-08-23T17:00:35.791+01:00Auntie, Can't tell you how Very Much we APPREC...Auntie, Can't tell you how Very Much we APPRECIATE you telling us<br />all about it !!!Suzannenoreply@blogger.com